sobbing

noun, adj — 2 senses

sobbing

noun

UK /ˈsɒbɪŋ/ · US /ˈsɑbɪŋ/

1

Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping.

sobbing

adj
1

That or who sobs.

  • a sobbing child
  • Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with ſome fit inſtrument of Wood, which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of Hair-cloth after a ſobbing Rain: [...]1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 69:
Derived terms
sobbingly

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